Meaning
to straighten
- To make straight or upright something that was bent or crooked
- To fix, correct, or put back on track (a situation, behaviour, etc.)
In a sentence
Ho cercato di raddrizzare quel quadro storto sul muro.
I tried to straighten that crooked picture on the wall.
Il pilota è riuscito a raddrizzare la moto prima della curva.
The rider managed to straighten the motorbike before the bend.
Dobbiamo raddrizzare la rotta del progetto prima che sia tardi.
We need to set the project back on course before it's too late.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| raddrizzare | infinitive |
| raddrizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| raddrizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raddrizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raddrizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| raddrizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| raddrizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| raddrizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| raddrizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| raddrizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| raddrizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| raddrizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| raddrizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| raddrizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| raddrizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raddrizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raddrizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| raddrizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| raddrizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| raddrizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| raddrizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raddrizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raddrizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| raddrizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| raddrizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| raddrizzando | gerund |
| raddrizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' transitively; the reflexive form 'raddrizzarsi' takes 'essere' and means 'to straighten up'.
- Often used figuratively in idioms like 'raddrizzare la situazione' (to fix the situation).